Google Chrome: The Best Browser 

Google Chrome
As a designer, one of the things we use everyday is the web browser. For a long time, Firefox was my browser of choice due to the countless add-ons I would use to assist in making my job easier. A few spring to mind – Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, IE Tab, Adblock Plus, and Greasemonkey. However lately, Firefox has been rather slow when it comes to Javascript sites or just generally starting up. In an age when everyone wants data faster, our beloved Firefox just isn’t cutting it.

About two months ago, I decided to change to the developers version of Google Chrome (version 4 beta). The MAIN reason for switching apart from the speed is the ability to download Chrome Extensions. Adblock Plus there? Check. Firebug? Well there’s Firebug Lite (which isn’t as stable as the Firefox version but when combined with Chrome’s development tools, I’m good to go). IE Tab? Yep. Now you can’t use the extensions in the stable release of Chrome (v3) but I’ve had smooth sailing for the past two months with the Chrome beta and a number of extensions. Sure not all the extensions are as mature as their Firefox counterparts, but so far, so good. I’m also using a PC but from all reports, Chrome is hell fast on the Mac. And for us web designers who utilise Javascript and love it, how much faster is it really? Let’s see. In fact, even if you don’t design and develop for the web but want to run that news or content-heavy site that much faster, then you’d be stupid to not even give Chrome a try.

Aesthetically, the browser doesn’t look that great at first but you can easily customise it if need be. In the end, as much as I still love Firefox, it’s all about speed, memory usage and overall feeling like I am getting somewhere with smooth sailing that impresses me. How about you?

 
 
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Thursday, February 4 2010
 
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iPad revealed! 

It’s official. Very disappointed that there’s NO camera. Multitasking would have been nice too :( Via Apple.

 
 
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Thursday, January 28 2010
 
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Hooverdust Mobile Version 

Hooverdust Mobile Edition
Hooverdust now works on mobile devices including iPhones, iPod Touches, Nokia’s, and Opera for mobile (a fantastic browser app for non-iPhone phones. I highly recommend it!).

Simply type in www.hooverdust.com in your mobile and it should automatically display the mobile version. If you want to browse the full site, simply click on ‘View Full Version’ down the bottom of the screen ;)

 
 
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Wednesday, August 19 2009
 
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